NAFEMS, The International Association for the Engineering Analysis Community, is inviting papers for its 2008 UK Conference, to be held in Cheltenham on June 10th-11th 2008.

NAFEMS is an independent not-for-profit body with the sole aim of promoting the effective use of engineering simulation methods such as finite element analysis, multibody system dynamics and computational fluid dynamics.

Big waves in fierce storms have long been the focus of ship designers in simulations testing new vessels.

But a new computer program and method of analysis by University of Michigan researchers makes it easy to see that a series of smaller waves—a situation much more likely to occur—could be just as dangerous.

For the fifth consecutive year Blue Ridge Numerics, Inc. has been recognized by Deloitte’s prestigious Technology Fast 50 Program as one of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in the region. Deloitte & Touche LLP is one of the nation’s leading professional services organizations.

On this year’s list Blue Ridge Numerics ranks #26 based on 275% revenue growth over a five year span, from 2002 through 2006.

Pulverized coal injection (PCI) for blast furnace ironmaking has become widely used in North America to improve furnace operating efficiencies. In the PCI process, fine granules of coal are blown into the furnace in large volumes, partially replacing coke, which is expensive and environmentally hazardous to produce and handle.

But, there are still unknown aspects to the PCI process, and a new study has been initiated by the U.S. Dept. of Energy under its Industrial Technologies Program to discover more about the process and how it alters the efficiencies of blast furnaces.

Application: BMW Sauber F1 Team Races to the Front After Increased Emphasis on CFD

Posted Thu November 01, 2007 @02:46PM

ANSYS, Inc., a global innovator of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes, today announced that ANSYS engineering simulation software assisted the BMW Sauber F1 Team, who has more than double last year's points total in the 2007 Constructors' Championship.

Prior to the season, the BMW Sauber F1 Team signed an extended agreement with Fluent Deutschland, a subsidiary of ANSYS, Inc., to use FLUENT(R) computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software to run powerful engineering simulations on its new supercomputer -- one of the largest in Europe -- rather than invest in a second wind tunnel.